Links to lessons, resources, and slides are available below.
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Presentation
- Slides (large file, be patient)
Session 1: Posers + Solvers
Lessons
- Charge!
- Lift the Rainbow (How many Skittles are in the barbell plates?)
- How Much Does A 100×100 In-N-Out Cheeseburger Cost? (via Robert Kaplinsky)
- Automatic Change Dispenser
- The Stelvio Pass in northern Italy (via Daily Overview)
- The Running Game
- Mailbox Countdown
- Double Stuf vs Mega Stuf (via Dan Anderson)
- Penny Pyramid (via Dan Anderson)
- How Many Gumballs Fit In The Gumball Machine? (via Robert Kaplinsky)
- How Big Is The Vehicle That Uses Those Tires? (via Robert Kaplinsky)
- How Much Money IS That?! (via Robert Kaplinsky)
- Van Gogh’s Starry Night in Post Its (via Nathan Kraft)
- Stacked Cups (via Nathan Kraft)
- Triangle of Toothpicks (via Nathan Kraft)
- Ticket to Ride (via Dan Meyer)
- Super Stairs (via Dan Meyer)
- Car Caravan (via Dan Meyer)
- Filing Cabinet (via Andrew Stadel)
- Deodorant (via Andrew Stadel)
- Ball Pyramid (via Bob Lochel)
Resources
- How to Solve It (by George Polya)
- Ever Notice What They’d Wonder? (Annie Fetter’s Ignite Talk)
- Fawn Nguyen’s Blog
- 101 Questions
- Dan Meyer’s Three Act Tasks
- Michael Fenton’s Blog
- Michael Fenton’s Lessons
- Andrew Stadel’s Lessons
- Nathan Kraft’s Virtual Filing Cabinet
- Robert Kaplinsky’s Problem Based Lessons
- Problem Based Search Engine (via Robert Kaplinsky)
Session 2: Open Middle
- Video Games and Making Math More Like Things Students Like (via Dan Meyer)
- Open Middle Lessons (via reasonandwonder.com)
- Open Middle Website
- Open Middle Student Handout
- Video Games and Making Math More Like Things Students Like (via Dan Meyer)
- Mindset (by Carol Dweck)
- Collatz Conjecture (via wikipedia.org)
Session 3: Visual Patterns + Desmos
- VisualPatterns.org
- Visual Patterns-themed blog posts (via reasonandwonder.com)
- Learn Desmos
- teacher.desmos.com (Amazing!)
- Match My Line
- Match My Parabola
- Desmos-themed blog posts (via reasonandwonder.com)
- Search for Desmos-themed blog posts (from the entire MTBoS)
- Dot Capture Game
Session 4: Making the Most of Our Mistakes
- My Favorite No (via Leah Alcala)
- MathMistakes.org
- Two Wrongs and a Right
- Dropbox and Carousel
Session 5: Estimation 180
- Estimation 180
- Andrew Stadel: Twitter and Blog
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